…opinion,’ Andreas Schleicher likes to say. Schleicher is the world’s leading expert on international comparisons of education performance. Education ministers across the globe hang on his every word. He developed…
Education is just the job for NEETS
…people who spend time out of education and employment see their skills decline over time to a point where, if they are out long enough, they become virtually unemployable. I…
Keeping up with the Schmidts
…run their own skills policies. … So perfunctory are many apprenticeships that they not only fall short of the government’s Teutonic aspirations but are of little use at all, says…
Writing about ‘my day at the zoo’ can help a child’s literacy
…a structured approach to writing and reviewing to significantly improve their skills. “It’s rare to find schemes that demonstrate such a large impact when they are rigorously tested. That’s why…
LABOUR PROPOSES ‘TECHNICAL DEGREES’
…called for more options for what it calls the “forgotten 50%” who do not go to university….. …..Ahead of Mr Miliband’s speech to the Sutton Trust, Conservative skills and enterprise…
Elite schools dominate admissions to top universities
…businesses, philanthropists and government to join with us in providing funding for these new projects.” Barry Sheerman, Chairman of the Education and Skills Select Committee said: “I commend the Sutton…